145
145
Oct 6, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 145
favorite 0
quote 0
law essentially will not be the law for 2012 pretty much eliminates a lot of democratic worries that that law could end up making the race closer than it currently appears in the polls. >> i want to know if you see a big difference in 24 hours, because with the debate fallout, may be blunted by the job numbers. people were talking about thursday morning, then friday morning, and getting an early indication of how the debate may have played out in the swing states? >> we're still looking for good polls. right now it's probably best to see the swing state polls that come out monday, tuesday, wednesday. at that point we'll have a good idea after people have digested the debate as well as these job number, but alex, i think you pointed to it very well. the obama campaign got a very big gift from the job number, just to be able to turn the subject from wednesday night's tough debate into something that was seen as a positive, that the unemployment rate went below 8% and just change the story. allows them to move on to thursday's debate between joe biden and paul ryan as well as the remain
law essentially will not be the law for 2012 pretty much eliminates a lot of democratic worries that that law could end up making the race closer than it currently appears in the polls. >> i want to know if you see a big difference in 24 hours, because with the debate fallout, may be blunted by the job numbers. people were talking about thursday morning, then friday morning, and getting an early indication of how the debate may have played out in the swing states? >> we're still...
230
230
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 230
favorite 0
quote 0
and i went to law school, and while i was in law school, i started working part-time at the nbc affiliate there. but after law school i took the bar, and i went and practiced for a short time. and i started, i guess just wondering if i could somehow combine the two. i guess i wasn't done with tv. i still had these hopes to combine journalism, and now this new education i had in the law. and so i decided to start sending tapes around trying to get a job and i ended up getting a job at court tv. >> can we back up? you said that you took the bar. shouldn't you be a little more obvious about the way you blistered through the bar? you owned the bar. >> no. >> come on! >> that is just -- actually that's quite embarrassing because the bar exam is a pass/fail test. you don't try to get an "a" on the bar exam. you just try to pass. and if you do more than that you're just stupid. you have just wasted a lot of time. that's how i feel about it. >> but you were the top scorer on the bar. >> well -- >> say thanks for bringing that up, alex. appreciate letting everyone know. >> like i said, that just m
and i went to law school, and while i was in law school, i started working part-time at the nbc affiliate there. but after law school i took the bar, and i went and practiced for a short time. and i started, i guess just wondering if i could somehow combine the two. i guess i wasn't done with tv. i still had these hopes to combine journalism, and now this new education i had in the law. and so i decided to start sending tapes around trying to get a job and i ended up getting a job at court tv....
291
291
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 291
favorite 0
quote 0
it's not defending the law, but a group from the republican congress is defending it. >> they're also going to have to look at california's prop 8, to review that, the amendment to the constitution is that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> they look at that and the lower courts threw that out. they said that under the supreme court's precedence in another case about gay rights, that the california voters could not amend the constitution to exclude same-sex marriage once same-sex marriage had already been offered in california. >> higher education admissions. at the heart of this case, abgait fisher, because fisher says she was denied to the university of texas because she is white. what factors would affect their ruling? >> the court has ruled before that diversity is a compelling government interest. the government in other words has an interest, universities have an interest in compiling diverse classes of students, that diversity helps everyone and that they can look at an applicants's race in making some of those decisions. the court has changed since that last decision, t
it's not defending the law, but a group from the republican congress is defending it. >> they're also going to have to look at california's prop 8, to review that, the amendment to the constitution is that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> they look at that and the lower courts threw that out. they said that under the supreme court's precedence in another case about gay rights, that the california voters could not amend the constitution to exclude same-sex marriage once...
177
177
Sep 29, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 177
favorite 0
quote 0
but it's exhausting but also exhilarating. >> how about covering politics, covering law or practice law potentially? what do you like the most? >> i love covering politics. i have to say, there is in my book nothing better than covering a really good trial. and actually the first year when i left the white house in the first year i was on "the today show" i was covering legal stories a lot. and i loved that. doing that again. and i realized, okay, it kind of is my first love. i love to cover trials. i love covering the supreme court. i'm just fascinated but the issues. it's great to get to do a little bit of both. and sometimes they intersect. and that happened at the white house sometimes where there would be stories where it helped to have a legal background. >> well, tomorrow at this time savannah will be able to tell us which "today show" segments are the most difficult for her to handle. it's funny, trust me. >>> number four on our first five web stories. this year's harvest moon. the moon will be bright and full tonight and tomorrow night. it gets its name from the light it gave f
but it's exhausting but also exhilarating. >> how about covering politics, covering law or practice law potentially? what do you like the most? >> i love covering politics. i have to say, there is in my book nothing better than covering a really good trial. and actually the first year when i left the white house in the first year i was on "the today show" i was covering legal stories a lot. and i loved that. doing that again. and i realized, okay, it kind of is my first...
162
162
Oct 6, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 162
favorite 0
quote 0
there are also new taxes going into effect as part of the cliff from the health care law. so it's a whole potpourri of stuff that's whacking you. >> not only the amounts but now how you make your money, right? wages and interest income, that goes up about 5%. capital gains goes up 7%. dividends that goes up 20%. so this is going to discourage people from investing in the markets if are going to be taxed like all this? >> i don't know. there is an argument that people could be discouraged from vesting. that's an argument that republicans are making. but there's also an argument you could see a huge pullout from the market as people try to take advantage of the lower rates before they go up. so i think the scarier part of it is, do people just sell in december and november anticipating that they'd better take their profits now when they can get the lower rate. >> can i ask you, why didn't congress stick around to try to get this worked out? >> they can't. that's what the election is about. while we're talking about the fiscal cliff, i prefer the more evocative term taxmagedd
there are also new taxes going into effect as part of the cliff from the health care law. so it's a whole potpourri of stuff that's whacking you. >> not only the amounts but now how you make your money, right? wages and interest income, that goes up about 5%. capital gains goes up 7%. dividends that goes up 20%. so this is going to discourage people from investing in the markets if are going to be taxed like all this? >> i don't know. there is an argument that people could be...